Kansas City Check: Chiefs Charmed Start, Crafting Ballot & MAGA Swings

Right now we are inspire by fashionista Kara to take a quick look at pop culture, community news and top headlines to start this week.

Check TKC news gathering . . .

It Begins Again In Baltimore

League announces Chiefs' 2024 season opener

The Kansas City Chiefs will open the 2024 season with a rematch of the 2023 AFC Championship against the Baltimore Ravens.

Celebration In The Loop

Downtown KC Parks Activated with Summer Music & Performance Series - Downtown Council of Kansas City

Downtown Council, Downtown CID & Art in the Loop produce 3 art and performance series activating Downtown KC parks this summer!

Local Redemption Story

Drunk driving crash victim takes charge of her second chance at life by telling her story to offenders

All month long, Mothers Against Drunk Driving Heartland are running, or biking, in a new fundraiser to raise money for crash survivors.

Busting The Bank

Traffic tickets in Kansas can cost low-income drivers their licenses. There's a new law to help

Traffic tickets for low-income drivers can snowball into thousands of dollars of debt and revoked licenses. A new law aims to reduce fines and fees to help get them reinstated.

Show-Me Election Agenda

Minimum wage, abortion, sports betting, an Ozarks casino: What will land on Missouri ballots?

Measures to legalize sports betting and legalize abortion in Missouri gathered hundreds of thousands of signatures. Here's what's next.

Recent Rains Not Helping?!?!

Drought lingers in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains. 'You have to have some hope'

Planting is well underway across the Midwest, but farmers are still grappling with dry conditions that led to lower than normal corn yields last fall. It's the third year of a near historic drought for parts of the Corn Belt.

Booze News Redux

What keeps Boulevard Brewing running? Beer biologists, peach rings and a sensory room

You can take a tour of this Kansas City brewery, but we let you see how the beer is created at a place with event space, a patio and more.

Fashionista Earns More Online Accolades

Kara Del Toro In Cowgirl Bikini Asked 'What Planet' She's From

Kara Del Toro is dropping jaws in her plunging bikini and cowboy hat as she sunbathes and gets asked what "planet" she's from.

MAGA Swing Game Stays Winning

Trump leads Biden in 5 key battleground states: Polling

Former President Trump leads President Biden in hypothetical head-to-head general election matchups in five of six key battleground states, new polling shows. The New York Times/Siena College/Philadelphia Inquirer polling, conducted from April 28 to May 9, shows Trump leading Biden among registered voters in Pennsylvania (47 to 44 percent), Arizona (49 to 42 percent), Michigan...

Talker Reveals He Doesn't Understand Antiheroes

'Why are you cheering that on?': Joe reacts to Trump's 'bizarre' praise of Hannibal Lecter at rally

Former President Trump, speaking at a New Jersey rally, made an unusual comparison of migrants to Hannibal Lecter, calling the fictional character "wonderful." Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski react to the latest "bizarre moment" from the former president.

Holy Land Fighting Persists

Israel battles regrouped Hamas in northern Gaza as U.S. warns it has no plan to eliminate militants

The Israeli military intensified its attacks on northern Gaza on Monday, battling a regrouped Hamas in areas it said it had cleared and renewing questions over Israeli strategy in the war as the United States issued some of its harshest public criticism yet.

Vlad Advances Against War Weary World

Analysis: The rest of the world wants the Ukraine war to go away. Putin has other ideas | CNN

The changing language used by the Ukrainian military in 72 hours of daily updates tells the story: "Ongoing defensive fighting." "Significantly worsened." Russian "tactical success."

Brit Minister Warns Of New Axis

Biggest threat from 'axis of authoritarian states' since Cold War, says Sunak

China, Russia, North Korea and Iran will be cited by the prime minister as he argues Britain is at a 'crossroads'

Real Reporting Earns Release

Chinese woman jailed over Covid reporting in Wuhan is set to be freed

Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who gave an unfiltered view of life under lockdown in the central Chinese city at the beginning of the pandemic, was jailed for four years.

Funny Man Reviled?!?

Duke students walk out of Jerry Seinfeld commencement amid wave of graduation anti-war protests

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was met with a wave of boos Sunday when students at Duke University in North Carolina walked out just before his commencement speech, the latest in a wave of anti-war protests that took place at college graduations across the country this weekend.

Deep Dive Into New Friends

Abandon What You Think You Know About Polyamory. There's Data.

We need not speculate so wildly.

Paddy Repeats Company Line

Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes toasts the rise of women's sports at Time 100 Gala

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was honored at the Time 100 Gala and he used the platform to highlight the strides made by women's sports in the United States.

Home Team Preview

Royals to test mettle in series opener vs. Mariners

The American League Central long has been one of the worst divisions in baseball.

Golden Ghetto Adopts Transit Talk

Nall Avenue is getting another road diet through PV and OP

A road diet is on its way to a stretch of Nall Avenue between 67th and 75th streets, which is on the Prairie Village-Overland Park borders.

Champion Baller Brings Out Musical Big Guns

Travis Kelce 'called in favors' for Kelce Jam music festival lineup

The three-time Super Bowl winner hosts the second edition of his festival on Saturday with a mega lineup in Kansas City and 20,000 fans expected to attend.

Soggy Start This Week . . . 

Rain will impact Monday plans

Rain possible on multiple days this week

Grainy Days by Moody. is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.